Anthony R. Cucci

Anthony R. Cucci (8 August 1922-26 February 2015) was Mayor of Jersey City from 1 June 1985 to 30 June 1989, interrupting Gerald McCann's two terms.

Biography
Anthony R. Cucci was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1922, and he served in the US Marine Corps during World War II, fighting at the Battle of Iwo Jima. He went on to become a teacher in Jersey City and New York City, and he was elected to the city council in 1977 as a Democrat. He went on to serve as Mayor of Jersey City from 1985 to 1989, and he threatened to foreclose the Statue of Liberty and sell it due to it having a water bill of over $940,000. From 2000 to 2009, he served on the Board of Education, and he died in 2015.